The Conference Much Work Still to be Done was organised by the End Child Poverty Network Cymru and Fforwm Magu Plant. It brought together leading policy makers and professionals to review policy and practice around parenting as well as provide and update on the progress being made to reduce child poverty in Wales.

Presentations

Peter Mackie - Addressing Housing Poverty of Young People Through Education

Helen Barrett - Parenting programmes All have won and all must have prizes

Nuria Zolle - The Cost of Keeping Warm

Odette Parry - Planned bilingual telephone support for disadvantaged parents in North Wales

Sam Clutton - Poverty, Disadvantage and the children of offenders in Wales

Deborah Gate - Supporting parents in the poorest communities - policy challenges and practical solutions

Donald Hirsch - poverty and education

Jane Barlow - How (not) to provide parenting support - Lessons from Sure Start

John Sayce - Raising our children with confidence